Aung San Suu Kyi must free Kachin Pastors, Dumdaw Nawng Latt and Langjaw Gam Seng
December 23, 2017
On the first anniversary of their arrest, Burma Campaign UK today urged Aung San Suu Kyi to immediately release Dumdaw Nawng Latt and Langjaw Gam Seng, and to repeal repressive...
Joint Appeal to the UN Security Council to Act on Myanmar’s Rohingya Crisis
December 11, 2017
In advance of the United Nations Security Council’s December 12 meeting on the situation in Myanmar, we, a global coalition of 69 human rights, faith-based and humanitarian organizations, urgently call on the Council to take immediate action to address the campaign of...
Bilateral Agreement On Rohingya Repatriation Deeply Flawed
November 30, 2017
Press Release from Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN) On November 23rd, Burma and Bangladesh signed an agreement concerning the repatriation of Rohingya Muslims who fled the country following a targeted...
Rohingya Crisis: UK Says Those Committing Human Rights Violations Must Be Held To Account – Time To Back ICC Referral
November 29, 2017
Burma Campaign UK welcomes a statement by Foreign Office Minister Mark Field MP today in which he said: “We are determined that those who have committed human rights violations including...
Urgent appeal for charges to be dropped against nine Ho Pong farmers unjustly arrested four months ago
November 28, 2017
Urgent appeal by the Shan Human Rights Foundation The Shan Human Rights Foundation is calling urgently for charges to be dropped against nine farmers, including a 12-year-old boy, from Ho...
Detailing EU Complicity In Rohingya Crisis – Parliament Publishes Burma Campaign UK Evidence
November 20, 2017
As EU Foreign Ministers meet Asian counterparts at the ASEM meeting in Burma’s capital, Naypyidaw, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the British Parliament has published evidence submitted by Burma Campaign...
Call for a special session of the UN Human Rights Council on the deteriorating human rights situaton in Myanmar
November 20, 2017
To: Member and observer states of the UN Human Rights Council Excellencies, 20 November 2017 Open Letter Re: Call for a special session of the UN Human Rights Council on...
EU Foreign Ministers Again Fail to Take Action on Rohingya Crisis
November 14, 2017
Following their decision to take no action on the Rohingya Crisis when they met on October 16th, EU Foreign Ministers met again yesterday and discussed the crisis, and again decided...
Aung San Suu Kyi is Keeping a 14yr old Political Prisoner in Jail
November 9, 2017
Burma Campaign UK today called on Aung San Suu Kyi to immediately release 14 year old child Mai Cho Min Htwe, and to repeal the Unlawful Associations Act which was...
Burma Campaign UK to revive Burma ‘Dirty List’ of companies linked to human rights violations
November 8, 2017
Burma Campaign UK is planning to name and shame companies linked with human rights violations in Burma, publishing a revived version of its ‘Dirty List’ in early 2018. First published...